[PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 10/66] sh_eth: fix NULL pointer dereference in sh_eth_ring_format()

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Tue Apr 26 20:24:01 UTC 2016


3.19.8-ckt20 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com>

[ Upstream commit c1b7fca65070bfadca94dd53a4e6b71cd4f69715 ]

In a low memory situation, if netdev_alloc_skb() fails on a first RX ring
loop iteration  in sh_eth_ring_format(), 'rxdesc' is still NULL.  Avoid
kernel oops by adding the 'rxdesc' check after the loop.

Reported-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas at sang-engineering.com>
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
index 8fd0a6b..b03d858 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
@@ -1168,7 +1168,8 @@ static void sh_eth_ring_format(struct net_device *ndev)
 	mdp->dirty_rx = (u32) (i - mdp->num_rx_ring);
 
 	/* Mark the last entry as wrapping the ring. */
-	rxdesc->status |= cpu_to_edmac(mdp, RD_RDEL);
+	if (rxdesc)
+		rxdesc->status |= cpu_to_edmac(mdp, RD_RDEL);
 
 	memset(mdp->tx_ring, 0, tx_ringsize);
 
-- 
2.7.4





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